Yoga Therapy
Next-Level Yoga is Here
Unlock your body’s self-healing potential with Yoga Therapy. Help your muscles to unlearn years of incorrect movement and posture by applying therapeutic Yogic practice!
The difference between a personal yoga session and a yoga therapy session is that yoga therapy conducts assessments, and performs specific therapeutic sequencing integrated with yogic philosophy and practices to mitigate and evaluate acute or chronic conditions.
Your Yoga Therapist: Felicia Taliaferro M.S, C-IYAT, RYT-500
Hello! I am Felicia, some call me Fela I am a yoga educator and an M.S. candidate at the Maryland University of Integrative Health where I’m earning a degree in Yoga Therapy. My work focuses on cultivating and implementing practices that support one’s quality of life. I am passionate about sharing ways to heal and navigate life with confidence, compassion, and self-awareness. I have been studying and applying many types of yoga as well as the yogic philosophy for the last 7 years from vinyasa, yin, Hot 26+2, meditation, and more. I work with individuals, communities, and organizations to educate on ways to encourage wellness, mindfulness, and overall health through holistic care, and attention to alleviate stress and manage other health conditions.
Benefits
Practice stabilizing and mobility practices that support functional movements in daily life. Cultivate techniques to bring awareness to the core and pelvic floor Establish stress reduction practices to mitigate pain and discomfort. Design a personal practice!
Research
Change Research info to “Therapeutic yoga is defined as the application of yoga postures and practice to the treatment of health conditions and involves instruction in yogic practices and teachings to prevent reduce or alleviate structural, physiological, emotional and spiritual pain, suffering or limitations. Results from this study show that yogic practices enhance muscular strength and body flexibility, promote and improve respiratory and cardiovascular function, promote recovery from and treatment of addiction, reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, improve sleep patterns, and enhance overall well-being and quality of life.”
Woodyard C. (2011). Exploring the therapeutic effects of yoga and its ability to increase quality of life. International journal of yoga, 4(2), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-
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